All News: Silverstone circuit

iRacing Endurance Series Debuts With Four-Race 2020 Calendar

December 17th, 2019 by

The 2020 iRacing Endurance Series will see vehicles in four distinct sports car classes take on a calendar featuring team-based racing on four of the world’s most prominent road courses. Headlined by the premier GTE class and including entries in GT3, GT4, and TCR, the series kicks off in April and will see events every … Read the Rest »

Breakthrough Victory for Pure Racing Team in Blancpain GT

May 9th, 2017 by Paul Slavonik

The 2017 Blancpain GT Series on iRacing has been a mixed bag of sorts for Pure Racing Team (PRT). Although PRT Red managed a sixth place finish in the opening round at Monza, none of the various divisions of PRT managed to finish inside the top-20 during the second round at Brands Hatch. With a … Read the Rest »

Blancpain GT Series: Coanda and The Great Heist at Silverstone

May 23rd, 2016 by Paul Slavonik

Round Two of the Blanpcain GT Series – iRacing’s premiere World Championship GT3 series – took place at Silverstone Circuit on Saturday in what would become a race to remember. As qualifying got underway on the historic circuit, many teams who were in recovery mode after the first round at Monza and in need of … Read the Rest »

Pichler’s Persistence Pays at Silverstone

August 14th, 2015 by

The iRacing.com Blancpain Endurance Series continues to heat up as we’ve now seen solo drivers entering the mix with successful results. As it was before, so it is again with another weekly podium completely dominated by solo drivers. As Week 6 came to a close at sunny Silverstone Circuit, we saw what some of the … Read the Rest »

Broekman Starts Strong in RUF Cup

May 15th, 2014 by

As the old cliché goes, “time flies when you’re having fun.”  Time has certainly flown for competitors in the RUF Cup. It is hard to believe that it has already been a few weeks since Julian Rodriguez Moreno was crowned champion of the inaugural RUF Cup, but here we are, two weeks into the second … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Overtakes in Last Laps to Win at Silverstone

March 26th, 2014 by

The Classic Lotus Grand Prix iRacing Series held its eighth race week of the season at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, UK, this past Sunday. Chilly temperatures of 66F (18C) and a 10MPH (16kph) westerly wind required windbreakers for the fans, and setup and gearing adjustments for the drivers! Five warm-up races were held in … Read the Rest »

Prototype & GT Challenge Week 4: Silverstone

November 27th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com Prototype & GT Challenge series went from the Land Down Under to the United Kingdom and the Silverstone Circuit for Week Four.  The 17-turn, 3.194 miles (5.14km) British road course hosts the Formula One World Championship as well as the World Endurance Championship. Therefore it is only fitting that our Prototype and GT … Read the Rest »

Silverstone Sets-up iGPS Clincher

October 22nd, 2013 by

The run of great race tracks continue in the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series, with Silverstone Circuit on the Week 11 agenda. Host to the first ever Formula 1 Grand Prix back in 1950, Silverstone is one of the most historic circuits in the world, often nicknamed the “Home of British Motor Racing.” Although the layout … Read the Rest »

Nilsson Dominates in Silverstone

May 20th, 2013 by

Week Two brought the pilots of the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series to Silverstone Circuit, located in Towcester, Northamptonshire, UK.  The 3.194 mile (5.14 km) Grand Prix circuit features 17 famous turns, some of which have been attacked by F1 cars since the late 1940s. As Silverstone is a fixture on the iGP Series schedule, many … Read the Rest »

Castro Ledo Early iGPS Leader

May 8th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com Grand Prix Series took to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for the first week of 2013 Season 2.  The 2.238 mile (3.602 km) course was recently given a graphics overhaul by the iRacing team.  Some drivers were a bit skeptical about the circuit choice for the schedule, feeling it was simply to show-off the … Read the Rest »